Khan Academy: Canopic Jar With a Lid in the Shape of a Royal Woman's Head

In this video [2:51] Met curator Janice Kamrin on anonymity in Canopic Jar with a Lid in the Shape of a Royal Woman's Head from Egypt's Valley of the Kings, c. 1349-1336 B.C.E. or shortly thereafter. Although this canopic jar was...

This piece, from the Avery Brundage Collection of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, illustrates a method of polychrome decoration in which painting, as well as firing, occurred twice: preceding glaze and over previously fired glaze....

This Khan Academy resource offers a brief history of woman in art.

A video about Robert Colescott's Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder, 1979 in the Portland Art Museum. The video is narrated by Khan Academy's Dr. Beth Harris and Steven Zucker. [4:38]

A video [4:30] about Sir John Everett Millais's Christ in the House of His Parents, 1849-50 in Tate Britain, London. The video is narrated by Khan Academy's Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.

The study resource from Khan Academy provides an overview of Period 6: 1865-1898 in American History. Reform in the Gilded Age is discussed in this lesson. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.

This is a container to hold cold, fresh water made especially for use in the Japanese tea gathering. Its shape reminds us of a wooden bucket used to carry water from a well, but it is made out of porcelain, a glazed ceramic fired at a...

Wealth, and its public display, was probably used to establish status in early Anglo-Saxon society much as it is today. The purse lid from Sutton Hoo is the richest of its kind yet found. The lid was made to cover a leather pouch...

This stone sculpture depicts a female figure holding on to the branches of a tree. She stands in what is known as a triple bend position. Part of her arms and one leg have broken off. She has a pleasant expression on her face. She wears...

This vessel is a container to hold cold, freshwater made especially for use in the Japanese tea gathering during the Muromachi period. View a picture of this jar and read about the details in this essay.